Posted by gazza at 10:17AM, 8/Jul/08.
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Hi everybody, it has been a while since i last blogged so i thought i might just put some thoughts down.

I recently had an experience i don't really want to happen again anytime soon. I played the single dad looking after my two kids. Not that parenting is something i find scary or difficult, i had the job of playing the single dad for a couple of weeks just recently. Before you rush to any conclusions why this happened i should explain. My wife had to go overseas on a "study tour" which really mean't she saw the sights of London and Paris as well as the inside of quite a few bars and eateries. As well as visiting local schools on a fact finding mission for some changes coming up at her work.

While she was away i took on the parenting role which apart from dropping them off at school in the morning wasn't all that different to what i do on a day to day basis. The difference i noticed was when they went to bed at night how bloody lonely it is watching the idiot box alone. How do single people cope? Really if it wasn't for Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten and all the Texas Hold'em championships on cable i would have gone spare.

On top of that due to the time difference between the two countries i got awoken at 6:00 am every morning to hear how lovely London is and how much we should all return at a later date. On a positive side when the kids heard the phone ringing they knew that they could speak to their mum and then since they were awake they might as well get out of bed. Much easier than having to hassle them to get up.

So i wanted to say to all the single parents out there what a fantastic job you must all be doing to stick it out. Sometimes not by choice but other factors. For me it was a wake up call to get my own shit together.